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Definition of neonatal care

For the purposes of SNCP, neonatal care is defined as:

• medical care received in a hospital;
• medical care received in any other place that meets the following criteriaâ€�
  • the child was an inpatient in hospital and the care is received upon that child leaving hospital;
  • the care is under the direction of a consultant; and
  • the care includes ongoing monitoring by, and visits to the child from, healthcare professionals arranged by the hospital referred to in paragraph (i); and
• palliative or end-of-life care.

Neonatal care is to be treated as continuing without interruption throughout any period where the child receiving neonatal care is being transported from one place where neonatal care is received to another place where neonatal care is received.

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“consultant� means a registered medical practitioner who �

(a) is an NHS consultant within the meaning of section 55 of the Medical Act 1983(8) employed for the purposes of providing any service as part of the health service in Great Britain; or

(b) is on the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council; or

(c) does not fall within (a) or (b) but meets one of the following criteria

(i) is working as a locum consultant in the NHS or in private practice,

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“hospital� means�

(a) any institution for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness, and

(b) any maternity home, including clinics and out-patient departments maintained in connection with any such institution or home.

Regulation 4 of The Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025